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#6
Lexus Test Driver
You're kidding, right? Just how do you check the "health" of your oil with the dipstick? You can check the "level" of the oil with the dipstick, but to determine the actual condition of your oil would require a used oil analysis done by a competent lab equipped to do a proper analysis.
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Lexus Test Driver
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#8
Lexus Test Driver
You're kidding, right? Just how do you check the "health" of your oil with the dipstick? You can check the "level" of the oil with the dipstick, but to determine the actual condition of your oil would require a used oil analysis done by a competent lab equipped to do a proper analysis.
You can absolutely look at your dip stick and tell the condition of your oil and if there are any issues with your motor.
While the analysis would "help", you're far from handicapped without it.
OP, make sure the oil is changed at least once a year, regardless how many mile you drive.
#9
lol, not a car guy, are you?
You can absolutely look at your dip stick and tell the condition of your oil and if there are any issues with your motor.
While the analysis would "help", you're far from handicapped without it.
OP, make sure the oil is changed at least once a year, regardless how many mile you drive.
You can absolutely look at your dip stick and tell the condition of your oil and if there are any issues with your motor.
While the analysis would "help", you're far from handicapped without it.
OP, make sure the oil is changed at least once a year, regardless how many mile you drive.
Mike
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Lexus Test Driver
While I agree that looking at your oil on the dipstick can point to things like blown head gaskets if it is milky or foamy but otherwise it is bad advice to suggest that looking at oil will be able to tell if it needs to be changed. A lot of people will falsely assume they should change darker looking oil when in reality a darker oil may have plenty of life left and is just doing its job removing contaminates. Yes, I agree, change the oil every 10K miles or one year, whichever comes sooner.
Mike
Mike
#12
Lexus Test Driver
lol, not a car guy, are you?
You can absolutely look at your dip stick and tell the condition of your oil and if there are any issues with your motor.
While the analysis would "help", you're far from handicapped without it.
OP, make sure the oil is changed at least once a year, regardless how many mile you drive.
You can absolutely look at your dip stick and tell the condition of your oil and if there are any issues with your motor.
While the analysis would "help", you're far from handicapped without it.
OP, make sure the oil is changed at least once a year, regardless how many mile you drive.
Sure, there are SOME things that will give you a hint that something might be going on by visually checking the oil on the dipstick, but the statement was you can tell the "health," and you can't definitively determine that by just looking at the oil without having it properly analyzed. I suppose you're in the camp that believes your oil is shot if it has turned dark, which is not the case.
If you don't already, you might want to visit bobistheoilguy.com - there's a wealth of info on car maintenance there from a lot of folks who exchange advice and enjoy doing their own work on their vehicles (like me).
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Driver School Candidate
It does not say synthetic in the manual. 10k miles is a lot of miles on non-synthetic oil. I think I may change mine at 200 miles on the first oil change as that has to have the most debris due to break-in.